The Guiding Light 1974 Open and Closing theme

As The Guiding Light has been canceled by CBS Television, I'm working on a montage of historical scenes. In the meantime enjoy this opening and closing title sequence with sponsor tags from two 1974 episodes. The title is La Lumiere and was written by the late Charles Paul. Be sure to check out the organ versions of these themes on Youtube at the "soapluvva" channel.

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[ACcountryFan]

i think that programs that have stood the test of time should be exempt from cancellation, regardless of ratings...and a 72 year old program such as GL should be treated with that same kind of loyalty. networks adopt the "what have you done for me right now?" mentality instead of having a better philosophy.

[atwtgl]

Thank You.

[ncjuppiter]

this theme song is depressing :( thumbs down.

[sebastainknight]

still cant believe its gone i recall has a kid iam 39 duirng summer months and break we all be outisde playing softball, riding bike but when it was time for GL and ATWT everybody went home to see it even has kids cause our parents and grandparents watched it..... i grew up looking at GL just never thought it be cancelled i figured god spare i'd be 60 and GL would still be on LOL... just sAD look like after 1999 the stroylines just went downhill and never got back to what it used to be

[soap1919jt]

There were two sequences to this same opening. In the first one, the GL logo appears as a tiny white dot in the sky, and gets bigger, as it slowly zooms down, placing itself just to the left of the lighthouse, as you see it here in this visual.

[soap1919jt]

This was back in the days when EVERYTHING was better, including the products that sponsored the soaps. Back then, for example, you didn't even need the pots & pans cycle to clean pots with Cascade!

[sail027li]

Fire Island Lighthouse!

[soap1919jt]

@gymnastix Well, I tell ya, my friend, if I could stay stuck in a timeframe, I would choose around the time of this particular GL opening/closing, to about 1980, the year I graduated high school. Notwithstanding the problems we had even then, those were more fun and simple times.

[soap1919jt]

@NBK1122 No indeed! Lava has always been strictly a hand soap!

[NBK1122]

Never, ever shower with Lava!

[14DaveHunter]

Theme sounds like a church song. When it started, it was based on religious themes.